March 1, 2021

Love Potion #9

By Christine Burns Rudalevige

Feature Image by Derek Bissonnette

The color of this spicy little number, created by Vena’s Fizz House, is reminiscent of purple tulips. All ingredients listed here can be purchased through Vena’s online store.

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Makes

drink

Ingredients

1 ounce Vena's Floral Syrup
1 ounce raspberry gomme
1 ounce lime juice
3 shakes Vena's Aromatic Bitters
3 shakes Bolivar bitters
1 dash Vena’s Beast Feast Maine Ghost Pepper Extract
Garnish: Lime twist
Glass: Coupe

Instructions

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into glass. Garnish with lime twist.

About the author

Christine Burns Rudalevige

Christine is a former Editor-in-Chief of edible MAINE. She has lived in many places, including Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, England and France. But her professional world has consistently been grounded in just two: in journalism and in the kitchen. Throughout her 30-year writing career, she’s covered sports, politics, business and technology. But for the past 10 years after completing culinary school, she’s focused on food. Her words and recipes about eating locally and sustainably have appeared in publications from The Portland Press Herald to Fine Cooking. Her award-winning cookbook Green Plate Special was published in 2017. When she’s not laboring over a cutting board or a keyboard, she’s learning from her two semi-adult children, a community of food-minded friends, hundreds of productive Maine farmers, thousands of innovative chefs near and far, and her 30,000 honeybees.